Julian Ovenden | |
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Born |
Julian Mark Ovenden 29 November 1976 (age 40) Sheffield, England, UK |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater |
New College, Oxford Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor and singer |
Spouse(s) | Kate Royal (m. 2010) |
Children | Two |
Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English stage, television and film actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and in the West End, in television series in both the UK and US, as well as having an international career as a concert and recording artist.
Ovenden was born on 29 November 1976 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He is one of three children of the Reverend Canon John Ovenden, a former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. He sang in the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London as a child. He later won a music scholarship to Eton College. He subsequently read music at New College, Oxford on a choral scholarship.
Whilst he has received training as an opera singer, he has professionally used his music training in musical theatre. He continued academic studies in drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
His theatre work includes the multi award winning Merrily We Roll Along (Franklin) (2000) and Grand Hotel (The Baron) (2004) for Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse; Annie Get Your Gun (Butler) (2009) for Richard Jones at The Young Vic; Michael Legrand's Marguerite (Armand) (2008) at the Haymarket for Jonathan Kent;King Lear (Herald) (1999) for Yukio Ninagawa at the RSC;Butley (play) (Joseph Keyston) (2006) at the Booth Theatre on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane;Death Takes a Holiday (Death) (2011) for The Roundabout Theatre Company in New York;A Woman of No Importance (Gerald) (2003) for Adrian Noble at the Haymarket;Finding Neverland (J. M. Barrie) (2011) for The Weinstein Company; the Parisian premiere of Sunday in The Park With George (Seurat) (2013);Show Boat (Gaylord) (2015)at the Lincoln Centre in New York and most recently My Night with Reg (John) (2014).